In 1999, Wen Ho Lee, a Taiwanese American computer scientist working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the People's Republic of China, despite the lack of evidence. The case against him was manufactured using racism & racial profiling & was a symptom of concern over the ethnic composition of US society & the threat to US Empire posed by Chinese nuclear research. The case was motivated by the defense & national security bureaucracy's attempts to guarantee & legitimate its survival after the end of the Cold War. Paranoia & bigotry against Chinese Americans had long been present, but in Lee's case, the racism at its core went unexamined when the case was finally dropped. M. Pflum
In 1999, Wen Ho Lee, a Taiwanese American computer scientist working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the People's Republic of China, despite the lack of evidence. The case against him was manufactured using racism & racial profiling & was a symptom of concern over the ethnic composition of US society & the threat to US Empire posed by Chinese nuclear research. The case was motivated by the defense & national security bureaucracy's attempts to guarantee & legitimate its survival after the end of the Cold War. Paranoia & bigotry against Chinese Americans had long been present, but in Lee's case, the racism at its core went unexamined when the case was finally dropped. M. Pflum
"The U.S. military economy incorporates hundreds of American communities. This is the first book to connect our national security apparatus to the local level, via deeply-reported portraits of a few of them, including military meccas and out-of-the-way sites woven into the warfare economy by military bases, nuclear weapons labs, and production sites. It includes an overview of how the military is structured, how its budget is made, and what it costs. And it explains how the military economy perpetuates itself. The book traces the lines of connection between these tour stops and our country's foreign policy, industrial policy, and budget priorities. It examines the meaning of national security in the current moment, as climate change becomes what the military calls "an urgent and growing threat." And it explains how redirecting our militarized foreign and industrial policy toward climate security can help these communities connect to "Other Ambitions.""--
AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION AND THE CREATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS), THE NEW INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES WERE FACED WITH THE DAUNTING TASK OF DEVELOPING NEW POLICIES. IT HAS PROVEN A MOST DIFFICULT TASK TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN TWO EXTREME APPROACHES: ON THE ONE HAND, CERTAIN CIRCLES ADVOCATED A COMPLETE BREAK FROM THE POLICIES OF THE SOVIET ERA, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, OTHERS LOBBIED HARD TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH CONTINUITY AS POSSIBLE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES IS MADE VERY DIFFICULT BY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHAOS IN RUSSIA AND BY THE RAPIDLY CHANGING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN THE CIS. RUSSIA IS ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE A DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED TO MAINTAIN CAPABLE ARMED FORCES IN AN UNSTABLE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEED TO REASSURE ITS NEIGHBOURS ABOUT ITS PEACEFUL INTENTIONS.
After 11 September 2001, the protection of national security became a high-stakes issue in Australia and internationally. The Australian Government commenced a far-reaching legislative agenda to update its national security laws. Described by a former attorney-general as 'an unfinished canvas', the national security legislative framework included communications–sector specific legislation, directed at the national interest obligations of communications industry stakeholders. This thesis examines the governance of national security in the Australian communications sector, with the aim of contributing to legal knowledge by examining the entrenched governance networks, structures and processes for coordinating national security law and policy in the Australian communications sector and accurately characterising the compact—some might call it the 'accord'—between industry and government. A normative concern relating to the fate of democratic scrutiny in the specified context is investigated. The thesis draws on a governance theory perspective and uses a multiple case study approach. The thesis concludes that the coordination of national security law and policy in the Australian communications sector is best understood as corporatist governance. The research reimagines the Australian industrial relations Accord of the 1990s by framing the relationship between the state and industry as corporatist. The implications, both practical and abstract, of this relationship for liberal democratic institutions and democratic scrutiny are considered. The thesis concludes that, whereas co-regulatory and self-regulatory mechanisms may be efficient and effective, corporatist governance poses a threat to democratic scrutiny when the accord between industry and government is wholly functional and operating in its natural state of exclusivity, confidentiality and secrecy, under the cloak of national security. Corporatist governance is least risky to democratic scrutiny when the accord is not fully formed, or is easily broken—then, the strong democratic traditions of the 'fourth estate', the rule of law, parliamentary scrutiny and judicial oversight, may play a role in the coordination of national security law and policy in the Australian communications sector.
"Climate change poses a major threat to US national security and the survival of the American people, as well as the existence of every country on the planet. As a "threat multiplier," climate change will encourage states to turn to war in order to obtain the resources their people need and which they can no longer get by non-violent means. The US military will need to prepare for a more dangerous and disruptive future, both domestically and internationally, to safeguard the nation's citizens. This book highlights the risks and challenges the military will face in providing for the nation's security, and the effect climate change will have on the character of war. Additionally, it provides recommendations for what the military will need to do to prepare for a climate-affected future"--
